In a 13 minute video, Wolfram demonstrates what he describes as the early stages of a project to make "all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone."

As I watched the video, I couldn't help but think of the computer on "Star Trek" answering questions posed to it!

The implications of a site like this for educators and students is startling! Do we really know what our students need to know anymore? How can we harness the power of something like WolframAlpha and the new search features that Google has just incorporated into our teaching and learning?

As Fisch said in his post:

"I wonder whose problem it is if our students don’t know how to question, ask/search, find, evaluate, synthesize, repurpose, remix, and solve problems using tools like Google and Wolfram Alpha?"

UPDATE 3: Here is e-School New's take on the subject. It appears not everybody is happy about Wolfram Alpha. Is it because they are truly concerned about what students need to know, or because they have some skin in the "knowledge-based" learning paradigm?